The Value of Organizational

Change Management
for Project Managers
How to strengthen your project manager role
and improve project outcomes

Your project is on track to succeed,

or … is it?

You’re managing important projects for your organization, like:

Process improvements Technology implementations

Digital transformation Mergers and acquisitions

You’re doing your part effectively as a project manager:

Managing project resources Staying within budget

Meeting project milestones Delivering projects on time

But … overall project success falls short because:

Those impacted by the Few people ultimately

change resist the change adopt the change

Or, individuals adopt the change but bail on it at some point

Due to the above, your project drags on after

all—requiring additional resources and budget,
leaving employees unhappy about your project
and the company, and negatively reflecting on you

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Think beyond simply installing your project. You can improve project
outcomes by focusing more on people. For instance:

Improving the flow of information to impacted individuals

Connecting with employees early on about how the change impacts,

and more importantly, benefits them
Engaging with impacted employees before, during and
after the project

Having a strategy for addressing any resistance and sustaining

the change over the long term

How do you achieve this? With organizational change management.

Delivered one of several ways:

Adding change management skills to your skillset

Adding a change management resource to your team

Enlisting the help of an external change management expert

Project Progress

Team 1

Team 2

3 Here’s what change management Team 3

will do for you and your projects.

A whole lot. Prosci research shows that projects with

excellent change management are:

81%

71%

71% more likely to 81% more likely to 600% more likely to

stay on schedule stay on budget meet project objectives

Organizational change management will:

Improve your project outcomes and the level of adoption

Help individuals feel good about your project and the change
impacting them

Offer proof to the business that investments in your project

paid off

The Math is Clear

Project management
+ = Project success
Change management

Interested in learning more? Check out

these free resources for project managers.
Or contact Prosci at solutions@prosci.com
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